Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1992 Summer Olympics, held on August 5, 1992, at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 18 participating athletes. The top 12 and ties and all those reaching 18.50 metres advanced to the final.

Medalists

Gold	Svetlana Krivelyova Unified Team (EUN)
Silver	Huang Zhihong China (CHN)
Bronze	Kathrin Neimke Germany (GER)

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics
World Record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63 m	July 7, 1987	Moscow, Soviet Union
Olympic Record	Ilona Slupianek (GDR)	22.41 m	July 24, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Natalya Lisovskaya (EUN)	19.58	—	—	19.58 m
2	3	Svetla Mitkova (BUL)	19.21	—	—	19.21 m
3	7	Zhou Tianhua (CHN)	17.98	18.63	—	18.63 m
4	8	Stephanie Storp (GER)	18.49	18.58	—	18.58 m
5	11	Ramona Pagel (USA)	16.53	18.02	17.89	18.02 m
6	12	Vita Pavlysh (EUN)	X	X	17.39	17.39 m
7	14	Myrtle Augee (GBR)	X	15.92	16.53	16.53 m
8	15	Pam Dukes (USA)	X	16.46	15.46	16.46 m
9	16	Georgette Reed (CAN)	15.14	15.15	15.33	15.33 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Svetlana Krivelyova (EUN)	19.98	—	—	19.98 m
2	4	Kathrin Neimke (GER)	19.13	—	—	19.13 m
3	5	Huang Zhihong (CHN)	18.93	—	—	18.93 m
4	6	Belsy Laza (CUB)	18.33	18.36	18.72	18.72 m
5	9	Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska (POL)	17.51	18.04	18.30	18.30 m
6	10	Zhen Wenhua (CHN)	18.07	X	18.17	18.17 m
7	13	Margarita Ramos (ESP)	X	16.82	16.64	16.82 m
8	17	Elli Evangelidou (CYP)	14.42	14.38	14.69	14.69 m
—	—	Bonnie Dasse (USA)				16.68 m	DSQ [1]

1. At her second Olympic appearance Bonnie Dasse produced a urine sample showing traces of clenbuterol, a stimulant that contains muscle-building properties. She became the fourth athlete to be expelled from the Barcelona Games and the sixth to have failed a recent drug test for clenbuterol.

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Svetlana Krivelyova (EUN)	20.34	20.09	X	19.99	20.89	21.06	21.06 m
	Huang Zhihong (CHN)	20.25	20.19	20.47	X	20.11	20.44	20.47 m
	Kathrin Neimke (GER)	19.61	18.56	19.56	19.22	X	19.78	19.78 m
4	Belsy Laza (CUB)	18.78	19.70	X	X	18.69	18.75	19.70 m
5	Zhou Tianhua (CHN)	19.11	18.66	18.64	19.26	18.34	18.57	19.26 m
6	Svetla Mitkova (BUL)	19.23	X	X	19.09	19.21	19.19	19.23 m
7	Stephanie Storp (GER)	17.58	19.10	19.08	X	18.96	18.43	19.10 m
8	Vita Pavlysh (EUN)	18.69	X	X	X	18.61	X	18.69 m
9	Natalya Lisovskaya (EUN)	18.60	X	X				18.60 m
10	Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska (POL)	17.61	17.89	18.29				18.29 m
11	Ramona Pagel (USA)	18.24	18.04	17.21				18.24 m
12	Zhen Wenhua (CHN)	17.56	17.81	X				17.81 m

See also

• 1988 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Split)
• 1993 Women's World Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Helsinki)

References

• Official Report
• Results
• sports-reference